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Monthly Archives: February 2014

Jopo is a Finnish bicycle brand that was launched in 1965 and is going strong still today. The name is the abbreviation for “jokainen polkupyörä”, basically saying “a bicycle for everybody”. Eero Helkamalla had the dream of designing a bike that everybody could drive, irrespective of age, size, sex or dimension of wallet. And irrespective…

Modern architecture in historical city centers often leaves me wondering. I especially “love” it in articles on new architecture when they emphasize enthusiastically how wonderfully the new building ” blends in with the surroundings”, while I rather alternate in my choice of words between “eyesore” or “barely tolerable”. But there are those rare cases that…

It seems that the bulk of relationship self-help advice is concerned with getting people into a relationship. The next biggest chunk of advice is concerned with getting them out of it again. Having been, to my own utter surprise, in a long-term relation-ship myself, I have been wondering about this topic a lot. The Tall…

Vanhojentanssi is a tradition in Finland that I really like. Translated it means something like “the dance of the oldest”. When the third grade in high school has finished their “ylioppilastutkinto” = final exams, those who are now the oldest in high school have a special dance event. They dance so to speak into their…